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1. DATE fe LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
Of iar ep SED | ; Holionsan APD, Nuw Moxico O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4% TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Sellcon
i et % : e Ox< Was Aircraft
Local —_ <3 0 eee ders st D Ground-Radar Q Probeobly Aircroft
GMT ct = V+! O Air Visucl~ “~~” O Air-Intercept Radar OD Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ) Nine ‘Acieeuiina’
0 Yes CO Probably Astronomical
Q_No Civi } ign CO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other oo
0 insufficient Date for Evaluction
: ‘ ; ; 2 0 Unknown
G minutes one not ~iven

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Cigar-shaped obj w/fan shaped
tail & four pin-points of lights on
the side like portholes.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

}11. COMMENTS

pource was questioned & stated
that he was in error & what was
Sighted was an F-106 a/c. Further
investigation proved this to be
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“MISSILE (>
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| SEES UFO

ALAMOGORDO, N. M. (UPI)
—A _ cigar-shaped unidentified
flying object was reported

seen Friday night near the
place where the ‘Man High’
| Air Force’ space balloon
landed Wednesday.

The object was reported by
John Romero, identified as a
missile engineer, on White
Sands Proving Ground. He said
it had a fan-shaped tail and |
four pin-point spots of lights
on the side like portholes.

Romero said he saw the ob-
ject through binoculars for
about six minutes. It hovered
about 10 degrees above the
horizon and then vanished over
the San Andres Mountains near
| Alamogordo.

Officials of both White Sands
' and Holloman Air Development

Center said they knew nothing

about the reported flying ob-
_ ject.

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EMPLOYED AT YOUR- INSTALLATION AS A MISSILE ENGINEER, SIGHTED AN |

UFO THE NIGHT OF 10 OCT 1958. REQUEST A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION OF

THIS INCIDENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2, 5 FEB 1958. EXPERIENCE

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OCT 58 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2 DATED 5 FEB 58, HE
AGREED TO DICTATE A STATEMENT CONCERNING WHAT HE
SAW ON THE NIGHT OF 10 OCTOBER, MR@WAS CALLED
AGAIN ON 20 OCT 58 AND HE STATED THAT HE WAS IN ERROR
AND WHAT HE SAW WAS AN F-106 AIRCRAFT FLYING OUT OF
HOLLOMAN AFB, A FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THIS OFFICE
PROVED THIS TO BE CORRECT, THE ALLEGED OBJECT SEEN WAS

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